Combined adjustable screen and window-shade fixture



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a T GHOPE. COMBINED ADJUSTABLE SCREEN AND WINDOW SHADE FIXTURE. No.443,315.

Patented Dec. 23, 1890.

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T. GHOPE. COMBINED ADJUSTABLE SCREEN AND WINDOW SHADE FIXTURE.

Patented Dec. 23, 1890.

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THOMAS CIIOPE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED ADJUSTABLE SCREEN AND YVINDOVV -SHADE FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,315, dated December23, 1890.

Application filed June 20, 1889. Serial No. 315,016. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS CHOPE, of the city and county of SanFrancisco, State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Combined Adjustable Screen and Window-Shade Fixture;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention consists, broadly, of a screen carried on a roller at thetop of the window, said screen supporting at its lower end aroller withits curtain, by which combination the space at the top of the upper sash(when the same is drawn down for ventilation) may be covered with thescreen to prevent the entrance of insects or dust, and whereby also theeffects obtained from the ordinary curtain may be accomplished withequal success.

In this device either the screen or curtain may be operated separately,or both may be operated together.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view showing thescreen and curtain partly drawn down. Fig. 2 isa side elevation of thesame, the parts being in the same position in full lines, the dottedlines representing the curtain-roller at the upper end of the run. Fig.3 is aperspective view showing the curtain-roller bracket with frictionspring. Fig. i is a plan view; Fig. 5 represents the bushings for thescreen-roller, and Fig. 6 is a plan view of a horizontal section throughthe window-frame, showing the parts in plan view.

In the drawings, a represents the ordinary self-acting spring-roller.This is placed at the top of the runwayof the inside or bottom sash. Thescreen B has one end secured to this roller. The roller is of specialform to admit of it being conveniently placed. 7 It is journaled in thebushings J J, inserted in the face of the runway. The roller is shorterthan the distance between the bushings, and at one end is provided witha long journalpin y. On this end of the roller there is a spring-cap O,which is forced normally outward by means of a spring D within the cap.The cap has longitudinal movement on the end of the roller; but it isheld by a pin a, passing through a slot c in the cap, which preventsrotary movement of the cap. In

placing the roller inposition the pin y is inserted into the bushing J,and then the roller is forced longitudinally toward the right, Fig. 1,against the pressure of the spring D, until the roller has beenshortened enough to permit the bearing on the left-hand end to beproperly positioned in front of the opening in the bushing J, when byeasing up the. pressure the spring D will force the roller toward theleft and properly seat the bearing. At the lower end of the screen andarranged to move inthe upper runwayoftheinsideorlower sash is a bracketG, connected to the screen by the dovetailed slats H. This bracketcarries in the ordinary manner the well-known form of spring-roller E,to which is secured the curtain I. The bracket has curved bearings h toreceive the slats H and the ordinary bearing-sockets h for the journalsof the curtain-roller. A spring F is attached to the brackets extendingupwardly therefrom to bear upon the head of the runway, and thus act asa bearing-surface in the up-and-down movement of the bracket. A pin K isalso provided on the bracket, which likewise acts as a bearing againstthe bead when the chain S is drawn upon, said chain S being intended tooperate the bracket to lower the screen. The spring of the upper orscreen roller is stronger than that of the curtain-roller. In order tolower the screen, the chain S is pulled upon, While the curtain may beoperated independently of the screen and with the curtain in any part ofthe runway by pulling upon it, the stronger spring of the screenrolleracting to hold the screen and its roller against movement during theoperation.

It will be noticed that a decided advantageous result is obtained fromthe combination of the screen with a roller having a springcap, as it isessential, in order to secure perfoot results, that the screen extendentirely across the opening and within the runway,

and this is accomplished by journaling the screen-roller within therunway, this being permitted by means of the spring-cap.

I claim- 1. Incombination, the screen, the roller therefor having aspring, brackets connected to and supported by the lower edge of saidscreen, a roller in said brackets having a f). In c01nbination,theroller havinga jour- 1o spring, and a curtain carried by said roller,rial-pin y fixed rigidly at one end, and a substantially as described. Ispring-cap movable longitudil'iallyoi'i the pin,

2. In combination, the screen, the springsubstantially as described.roller therefor, the curtain and its springroller, the brackets carriedby the screen for THOMAS ClliOlE. supporting said roller, and the slatsH for Witnesses: connecting the brackets with the screen, sub- LEE D.CRAIG,

stantially as described. WALTER II. LINFORTH.

